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7620480 |
Cooling components across a continuum
A method of cooling components across a continuum having a plurality of levels includes receiving and evaluating detected data related to the components across the continuum. A control scheme is...
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7617691 |
Refrigeration system and method of operating the same
A refrigeration system including a compressor, condenser, valve, and refrigeration branch, all of which is in fluid communication. The refrigeration branch includes an evaporator coil. The...
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7610910 |
Method and apparatus for controlling building component characteristics
A building component system includes a building component that is controllable between a first state and a second state in response to a sensed condition. The system may include a sensor on a first...
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7606683 |
Cooling system design simulator
A method of computer-based simulation of a cooling system includes inputting condenser parameters, evaporator parameters and compressor parameters for the cooling system and processing the...
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7606635 |
Radio frequency enabled control of environmental zones
A system, apparatus and method for controlling environmental zones in a residence or other building using radio frequency enabled environmental controllers. At least one damper is associated with...
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7604046 |
Controller interface with multiple day programming
A controller equipped with a user interface having multiple-day programming capabilities, including methods of programming such devices, are disclosed. The user interface may include one or more...
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7596958 |
Refrigeration system with fiber optic sensing
A refrigeration case monitoring system. In one embodiment, the refrigeration case monitoring system includes a first fiber optic cable, a second fiber optic cable, and a control system having a...
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7596431 |
Method for assessing electronic devices
In a method for assessing a plurality of electronic devices, cooling efficiencies for the plurality of electronic devices are calculated, where the cooling efficiencies comprise measures of energy...
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7590470 |
Heating apparatus and method of detecting a short-cycling condition
The invention includes a controller for a boiler and a method of detecting a short-cycling condition of the boiler. The controller includes a user interface module, a short-cycling detection...
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7590469 |
Method and apparatus for configuring a communicating environmental conditioning network
A method for configuring a communicating environmental conditioning network having a plurality of environmental interactive units communicatingly coupled with a plurality of space interactive...
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7584021 |
Energy efficient CRAC unit operation using heat transfer levels
A method for controlling one or more computer room air conditioning (CRAC) units for energy efficient operation, in which, the temperature of the air returned (Trat) into the one or more CRAC units...
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7576442 |
Mobile power plant
The invention relates to a mobile container power plant. The aim of the invention is to allow for the first time the production of a mobile power plant of this size, which produces an electric...
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7574283 |
Network-based air-conditioning equipment remote monitoring and management system
A network-based air-conditioning equipment remote monitoring and management system is proposed, which is designed for use with a network system to allow the user to carry out monitoring and...
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7567844 |
Building management system
A building management system for one or more buildings, having a processor and a display for showing a model of a building being managed. The model may be shown as a three dimensional depiction or...
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7565225 |
Environment, lighting and security control system
The present invention provides an environment measurement monitoring and response system. The present invention provides a method, system and program for managing multiple environmental systems in...
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7555364 |
Adaptive hierarchy usage monitoring HVAC control system
Systems and methods are described for an adaptive hierarchy usage monitoring HVAC control system. A method, includes: regulating user access to at least one menu of an interactive user interface of...
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7545285 |
Load control unit in communication with a fixed network meter reading system
A load control system that communicates with existing automated meter reading communications systems to interrupt and shed loads at a customer location. The system includes a master controller that...
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7542824 |
Air conditioning control device
An air conditioning control device is configured to obtain and control data on an air conditioner, which includes a plurality of indoor units. The air conditioning control device includes a data...
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7539559 |
Control unit, control method, control program, computer-readable record medium with control program, and control system
A control unit is provided which is capable of estimating a user's environment based on time and temperature before entering an air-conditioned room, and reflecting a result obtained from the...
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7529646 |
Intelligent video for building management and automation
A video processing and analysis system is coupled to a building management and control system. The video processing system provides traffic, occupancy, and other information derived from video...
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7529350 |
System and method for obtaining equipment status data over a network
A system and method for equipment status data over a network. Equipment adapted for reporting status data indicative of the status of the equipment is connected to a first network A status file...
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7523619 |
Indoor and outdoor unit communication via signal from a power line
An air conditioning system is arranged to use a power line for communication. The air conditioning system includes one or more indoor units, one or more outdoor units, and a system controller for...
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7512450 |
Method and apparatus for generating a building system model
A system and method for providing data to a model of a building system includes a building control system with a communications network, a control subsystem for generating module deployment data...
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7503182 |
Condensing unit configuration system
A system and method of computer-based configuration of a condensing unit for a cooling system is provided. A list of condensing units is generated based on a selected starting path. A condensing...
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7496472 |
Method and system for assessing performance of control systems
A method and system is disclosed for scaling performance indicators of control applications in an environmental control system. The method and system include receiving more than one performance...
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7493193 |
Monitoring and real-time heat load control based upon server and environmental parameters
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for monitoring and real-time heat load control based upon server and environmental parameters. Multiple types of information technology...
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7480536 |
Method for assessing reliability requirements of a safety instrumented control function
A method for analyzing a system for safety to personnel is disclosed comprising: identifying at least one operating parameter of a first subcomponent of said product; identifying an inherent hazard...
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7477950 |
Method and system for controlling a network of water appliances
An appliance control system is described for controlling a plurality of appliances. The system includes a control station located remotely from the appliances and having a control unit for...
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7472203 |
Global and local command circuits for network devices
Command system for a plurality of network devices. The command system may comprise a network administrator provided on a network, the network administrator issuing a command signal over the...
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7472030 |
Dual mode single temperature trimming
In a system for performing a dual mode single temperature trim upon an electronic device to remove combined mismatch and process variation errors, a dynamic element matching control is configured...
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7461514 |
Method for energy management of air-conditioning units
A method for energy management of air-conditioning units in motor vehicles in which each of the air-conditioning units has a plurality of air-conditioning compressors prevents very heavy loading of...
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7454269 |
Programmable thermostat with wireless programming module lacking visible indicators
The present invention comprises an intuitive algorithm embodiment. In said intuitive algorithm embodiment, a programmable thermostat that operates under control of a control program incorporating...
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7451937 |
Thermostat with handicap access mode
An innovative thermostat having a handicap access mode is described. When the handicap access mode is triggered, the thermostat accepts voice commands to control thermostat settings. This...
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7451017 |
Energy and cost savings calculation system
An Energy and Cost Savings Calculation System is provided that automates the determination of energy and cost savings due to energy conservation measures. The system provides Multi-Variant,...
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7434744 |
Low voltage power line communication for climate control system
A system for controlling one or more components of a climate control system is provided that includes one or more controllers in connection with low voltage power lines for powering the one or more...
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7434742 |
Thermostat capable of displaying received information
A thermostat for controlling a climate control system is provided that comprises a network interface for establishing an Internet connection with a website of a remote service provider, and a...
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7424345 |
Automated part procurement and service dispatch
A method for repairing an HVAC system is disclosed. The method includes monitoring a plurality of sensors positioned throughout the HVAC system and receiving data associated therewith, determining...
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7424344 |
HVAC control using modulated evaporator outlet temperature
A vehicle climate control system operates an evaporator at a minimum temperature adjusted by a temperature offset. The control system determines a desired temperature and a blend potentiometer...
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7424343 |
Method and apparatus for load reduction in an electric power system
A system for load control in an electrical power system is described, wherein one or more data interface devices are provided to a cooling system. The data interface devices are configured to...
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7412839 |
Remote data acquisition system and method
An apparatus for diagnosing a cooling system includes a first sensor for sensing a first operating parameter, a second sensor for sensing a motor operating parameter, a controller in communication...
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7403838 |
Messaging system based building control
An arrangement using an Instant Messaging (“IM”) chat-type interface for monitoring and controlling devices in an automated home is provided. The automated home is arranged to be accessible as...
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7400942 |
Apparatus for temperature control using a cycle rate control algorithm
The present invention controls a room temperature by controlling an environmental control unit. A total span about a setpoint temperature is adjusted in accordance with a previous total span and a...
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RE40437 |
Thermostat system with remote data averaging
A thermostat system according to the invention includes: a central control device (typically a programmable thermostat with a processor having: a CPU, real time clock and a memory for storing a...
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7395137 |
Method and system for synchronizing climate control devices
A method, computer program product, and a data processing system for controlling a first climate control device is provided. An operational mode is obtained for each of a plurality of climate...
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7389158 |
Method of making comparisons of indoor air quality scores
An air monitoring system is disclosed having an air monitoring unit with at least one sensor for measuring data of an air quality parameter and a computer for storing the air quality parameter data...
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7389157 |
Method and system for inspecting a home for energy efficiency
A system is disclosed. The system includes a first information handling system (“IHS”) for receiving, via a user input, data associated with an inspection of a home for energy efficiency, and...
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7366588 |
System and method for managing indoor air through cooperation between air conditioner and mobile assistant device
A method and system for efficiently managing indoor air through cooperation between a mobile device and a stationary air conditioner. The system may include at least one stationary air conditioner...
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7364093 |
Thermostat having default curtailment temperature settings
A thermostat capable of receiving signals transmitted by a utility provider communicating a usage rate schedule or a request for a load curtailment period, and controlling one or more systems based...
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7360717 |
Graphical user interface system for a thermal comfort controller
A graphical user interface system for a thermal comfort controller. The user interface system has a central processing unit coupled to a memory and a touch sensitive display unit. The memory stores...
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7356384 |
Load management system
A method, and a system that uses the method, of managing loads for residential use. The method includes connecting a first signal-responsive switch to a first load, and connecting a second...
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